Maw Of The Basilisk Fanfiction

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“Are you threatening us?” the Sun Guard asked.Equinox suddenly flew between them and lightly smacked Pip around. “Nevermind him,” she told the guards. “He’s had one too many drinks tonight.

He gets very rowdy and impulsive. He has no idea what he's talking about.”“But-” Pip tried to speak.Mist pushed him back. “So impulsive!” she chimed in.The two bat ponies pulled Pip a few feet back. Specter joined them, but was confused.

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“I thought we were going in there to see Luna?” he asked in a hushed tone. The Sun Guard watched them with suspicious glances, but otherwise returned to their duty.“We cannot bust in,” Equinox hissed under her breath. “Do you want to fight all the guards just to see her? Think!”“If they would just listen!” Pip said in exasperation. “This is important and-”“So we’ll sneak in, or something else,” Equinox interrupted. “Not make us seem like the problem!”Mist smiled. Maybe Equinox and I can talk to them!

We’ll get them to let you in because we have feminine wiles.” She snickered her ke ke ke. The two female bat ponies flew back to the guards.

Specter shook his head.“Mares, am I right?” he said to Pip. “I was totally down with powering through like a boss.”Pip sighed. “I just don’t want to wait any longer. This is too important to sit around and wait for bureaucracy to get its stuff in order.”“Oh my!

Are those bat ponies?”Specter and Pip turned back to see what was going on. Much to Pip’s surprise, he spotted Jet Set and Upper Crust among the ponies inside the castle gardens. They trotted up to the gate and smiled.“Oh, look,” Jet Set said, pointing to Pip. “It’s that Night Guard trainee we met in the Canterlot library. These must be other trainees.”Upper Crust nodded. Guards, please let them through. I wish to introduce them to Fancy Pants!”The guards both turned to Pip.

He sheepishly smiled to them and waved. As one of the guards pushed open the gate, he glared. “We’ll be watching you.

If you make even a slight commotion, you’re outta here.”Specter, Mist, Equinox and Pip stepped through the gates of the Canterlot Castle and admired the party. It was a completely different scene in the Canterlot Castle gardens than it was in the screaming crowds and confetti. Everything in the gardens was subdued and proper.“Fancy Pants!” Jet Set called out. “Fancy Pants!

You must meet my new friends! They are Night Guard trainees!”A white unicorn at the center of the party happily trotted over to see what all the fuss was about.

Pip turned to Equinox and then glanced back at the guards. They were still watching. “I need to get inside the castle,” he told her.A gaggle of social elite ponies gathered around Pip and the other recruits.

There was pointing and gasps and excited murmuring all around. Pip nervously waved to them. He had never been the center of attention like this before.Another white unicorn trotted up, this one slightly primmer than the rest of them. He had a blonde mane and puffed chest, looking down on everypony with a condescending smile. “Oh, yes,” the unicorn said, eyeing the bat ponies.

“They are just like Captain Phantom Shade. I know him well. I take it you all are from Hollow Shades?”Before anypony else could speak, Equinox moved forward. “Yes, we’re all from Hollow Shades. This is our first time in Canterlot, actually. We’ve never seen such an amazing and impressive structure such as this castle. I’m sure only the most important ponies live here.”The white unicorn smiled wider.

“Why, of course, dear. You are correct. I am Prince Blueblood, distant cousin to Celestia herself. I reside in the castle.”Equinox swished her light blue mane and smiled. “I’m sure it’s lovely inside. Much better than walking around in the mud outside.”All of the socialites glanced at the ground, nervously checking their hooves for unnecessary amounts of dirt and mud. Prince Blueblood nodded and swished his blonde mane from one side to the other.

With a smile he motioned for the party to move indoors. “Come now, we’ll have a tour before the rising of the sun!”The other ponies nodded, whispering to themselves in excitement. Everypony followed the prince into the castle. Mist flew up to the front of the crowd and began flying along with a hum. “How very amazing!” she said, pointing to a random statue.

“We don’t see many of those in Hollow Shades!” Her sing-song voice carried over the crowd and made the socialites chuckle.“How quaint Hollow Shades must be!”“Very rustic, no doubt!”“I would pay for a decent picture!”Pip turned to Equinox with a lifted eyebrow. “You guys haven’t seen a statue before?” he asked under his breath.Equinox rolled her eyes. “You’re quick when you’re in a tight spot but you aren’t very quick on the uptake, are you?” Pip stared at her in confusion. Equinox sighed. “Of course we have statues in Hollow Shades. This is called a distraction. As in, now we’re inside and now everypony thinks Mist is a charming bat pony who must be shown the finer things in life.”Pip turned back to Mist.

Sure enough, the elite of Canterlot were delighting in pointing out the artwork and architecture style of the building, telling her where and when things were made. Mist played along. She nodded, smiled and gasped as though she were completely enthralled.Equinox turned to one of the many gawking ponies. “Where is the nearest restroom?”They pointed to a hallway and Equinox nodded, taking Pip with her.

Specter tagged along, silently disappearing from the crowd like he had never been there in the first place. When they were in the empty hallway, Equinox turned back to Pip.“Now where?” she asked.“Um,” Pip looked around. He had no idea.Specter pointed out the window. There were large towers at the far back of the castle. Pip nodded and the three of them galloped onward.

For the most part, the castle was empty, but well-lit. Most of the guards were outside, walking through the gardens and watching the many guests who were in attendance.“Hey! What’re you doing here?” a guard called out from a hallway they galloped passed.

Pip ignored him. He wasn’t going to stop and he didn’t care to explain. What if something terrible was happening right this moment?The guard galloped after them, but Specter and Equinox also maintained their course, not bothering to stop or turn back. “Stop!” the guard called out. “Somepony stop them! They’re heading for Celestia’s tower!”Pip skid and turned down the next available hallway, making his way for the other tower.

He wanted to thank the guard for the heads up, but he decided against it. He was too busy maintaining his breathing to give a sarcastic quip. Specter tossed down a decorative suit of armor as they ran, nearly tripping the pursuing earth pony guard. He snickered as he flew, obviously enjoying the crazy ride.The door of the tower was right ahead and, standing there waiting, were two Sun Guard unicorns. They used their magic to draw blades as Pip and the others galloped close.

Pip slowed to a halt in front of the doors. Now, whatever he did, Luna was sure to hear.“Stand back!” he told them. “I’m here to see Luna!”Equinox and Specter landed next to him, but their focus was more on the guards that were now galloping down the halls to join them in front of Luna’s door.“Stand down, intruder!” one of the unicorns commanded.

“What is the meaning of this?”“I have proof something is wrong with Luna! Look, right here!” Pip pulled the book out of his satchel and placed it on the ground in front of him. There were more guards now, all holding their spears at the ready.

Pip flipped to the page with the loose note from Starswirl the Bearded. “She’s in trouble!”The guards exchanged worried glances. Pip felt some joy at the fact they were listening. He was finally going to get to see Luna!“What is the meaning of this?”Pip turned the familiar voice. It was Phantom Shade. He flew over the guards and landed squarely in front of Pip, giving him an incredulous look.

“What are you doing here?” he hissed.“I-”Just as he was about to answer, the door to Luna’s tower swung open. The princess of the night, in all her regal majesty, stepped out into the hallway.

Her dark blue coat and starry-night mane matched the sky outside perfectly. Turning her attention to Pip, her cyan eyes widened with recognition.“Pip,” she spoke, hesitation in her voice. “What’re you doing here?”“Forgive me, Princess,” Phantom Shade immediately spoke.

“I should have stopped this pony long before he got to you.”“What is going on?” Luna asked, not to Phantom Shade, but to Pip. “Why have you come here?”He stepped forward, barely able to contain his elation. I saw all the signs and I know you need help! I came here as quickly as I could, as soon as I knew for sure!

Is it the Nightmare Forces? Is it something else? What can I do?”Phantom Shade pushed him back and stood between them. “How dare you barge in here uninvited,” he snapped.

“Explain yourself!”Still addressing Luna, Pip began, “The mission with the Star Spiders and the mission to retrieve the Fragment of the First Day I know you gave them to us on purpose, Luna! Why give us those nightmares? What are you trying to tell us?”“Those nightmares were caused by Princess Celestia, fool,” Phantom Shade immediately replied, pushing Pip further away. “Princess Celestia is now plagued by the same darkness that once took Princess Luna!

She asked for you to retrieve the Star Spiders so that she could convince Princess Celestia that the Nightmare Forces were close! She asked you to bring her a Fragment of the First Day because Princess Celestia suggested she have one! It isn’t Princess Luna who is in trouble, it’s Princess Celestia!”“But-” Pip turned to the book on the ground and pointed to the page. “It-it can’t be! I have proof! Only Princess Luna can alter dreams!

It was definitely Princess Luna who sent us those nightmares! It had to be!”Phantom Shade quickly snatched the paper. “It was you who snuck into Canterlot Castle,” he said with a glare. “You stole this book from Princess Twilight Sparkle.”“I did!” Pip blurted out. “And I don’t care if you have to lock me up for it! Just read the paper!” Pip pushed it toward Phantom Shade, frustrated that the bat pony captain was more concerned with lambasting him than he was over Luna’s safety.Phantom Shade read the paper.

Then he read it again. A look of conflicted confusion came over him. He slowly turned to Luna and held out the paper. Without a word, he gave it to her.

Using her magic, Luna levitated the paper up so she could read it.Everypony in the hallway was silent. Luna read slowly.“Is this what you’ve based your worry on, Pip?” she asked him, placing the paper back in the book and closing it.“Y-yes, of course!” he said. “I knew already, because of all things you told me about when we shared dreams together but I needed proof to show everypony else!”“Your concern is misplaced,” she said, her brow furrowing.

“You have forgotten that my sister holds a Fragment of the First Night. Sometimes her subconscious thoughts slip into the dreams of ponies while she is waking. Why do you think that only ponies sleeping during the day had these nightmares?”Phantom Shade noticeably relaxed. He turned to Pip and shook his head. “You broke into the castle twice, and for what? To try and rally the soldiers against Princess Luna!?”“No!” Pip immediately responded.

“It’s not like that! The Nightmare Forces are ancient dark magic! They feed on er nightmares and they get stronger all the time! I just wanted to protect Luna!”“You aren’t protecting her by causing a panic!” Phantom Shade hissed.

“You aren’t protecting anypony that way!” He turned back to Luna bowed his head. “Forgive me, Princess. This is ultimately my fault. I should have kept a better eye on the trainees and I shouldn’t have ever encouraged them to go above and beyond at this point in their career.”“No need to apologize,” Luna said, levitating the book and giving it to Phantom Shade. “The book can be returned to Twilight Sparkle’s library and nopony was hurt, after all.

Everything is as it should be.”“I will have him placed in the dungeon until a trail can be held,” Phantom Shade said, motioning to Pip.Pip hung his head and felt his legs become weak. He had been so sure. Now everything was so unclear and fuzzy“No need,” Princess Luna said, walking passed them and slowly heading toward Celestia’s tower. “There are no facts in dispute, and I know Pip had nothing but the purest intentions.”“But this cannot go unpunished!

This kind of behavior is unbecoming of a solider!”Luna nodded. “You’re right, Captain.

I think Pip would be best served to go back to Ponyville and think about what he’s done. You said you were to blame, Phantom Shade, but I fear this is somewhat my fault as well. I should have never given a young foal the impression that he needed to saddle my problems as his own.”Phantom Shade nodded. “These other two aren’t really apart of this,” he stated, motioned to Equinox and Specter.

“I’m sure the earth pony bamboozled them into this whole ordeal.”Pip didn’t offer a response. He didn’t have any words for the situation. There was nothing to say, really. He just stared at the floor and allowed them to continue on with their disappointment and anger. Luna She regrets ever sharing her dreams and worries with me That’s why she never returned that’s why she avoids me.“You are the captain of the guard, Phantom Shade. I trust your judgment on the matter.

You may handle it as you wish. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go visit my sister and make sure she is okay.” Luna continued without a second glance back.Phantom Shade pushed Pip and pointed him toward the door. “You heard the princess. Take your things from the barracks.”Pip nodded and did as he was told.

He slowly walked from the castle, his head low to the ground and his legs heavy.-“And you two,” Phantom Shade hissed, turning to Equinox and Specter. “You two are my most promising recruits! How could you!?

What was even going on in your heads!?”Equinox glared. “He had proof and he was utterly convinced! If something really was happening with the princess, wouldn’t you want to know?”“He could have told me.

This didn’t need to happen.”“Of course, Captain,” Specter replied. “Sorry, sir.”Phantom Shade practically hit them with his hoof in frustration, but he restrained himself. “Get out of my sight! I will dock your pay and see to it that Ghast gives you extra training! No more of this foolishness! None!”Equinox and Specter slowly retreated back, bowing their heads. When Phantom Shade turned away, so did they, taking to the sky and flying out of the castle.

Equinox immediately began scanning the ground for Pip, but she didn’t see him. He couldn’t have gone too far“I thought we were going to stumble upon something crazy,” Specter suddenly told her. “I guess he was the only thing crazy around here, huh?”“Shut your face,” Equinox growled.

“I don’t want to hear it right now.” Specter instantly became silent. They flew around the castle, but Equinox couldn’t spot Pip. There were hundreds of poniesMist spotted them from the ground and flew up to meet them, a trouble-free smile on her face. “Where’s Squeaks? Did he finally get to speak with Luna?”“He got thrown out of the Night Guard training and now Princess Luna regrets ever visiting him in the first place, apparently,” Specter said with a causal shrug. “Worse things have happened.”Mist held her mouth open in a silent gasp.

“What?” she eventually said. And where is he?”“Eh, we’re looking for him. I’m sure he’s sulking around here somewhere.”“You guys just let him go off on his own?” Mist asked as turned her head wildly from side to side, scanning the ground. “By himself?”“He just needs some time to cool off. He’ll be fine,” Specter said, dismissively waving a hoof.Mist suddenly pushed him, much to Equinox’s surprise. “How could you?

You shouldn’t have left him! Not alone!”Specter began laughing. He brushed himself off and shrugged.

I’m not his mother. What did you want me to do?” He lifted an eyebrow. “What is this? Are you crying?”“This was important to him!” Mist said, wiping at her eyes. “He talked about it all the time!

I know you’re too cold to care about anypony else, but you could have at least tried to be there for him! He would have tried to be there for you!”“Well, if he hadn’t cared so much he wouldn’t be in this position! This is what happens! Maybe he should have-”“Stop it!” Equinox snapped. “Mist is right. We shouldn’t have left him like that. Let’s just try and find him.”“We don’t have time to look for him,” Specter stated.

“It’s almost time for the sun to rise and we need to get back to barracks. Where is Gloom, anyway?

He should go with us.”The three bat ponies scanned the sky. Equinox spotted Gloom on one of the far mountain sides, well above the city.

They flew to him and hovered in the air, but the powerful wind made it difficult. Gloom said nothing, his attention focused on something else entirely.“Gloom,” Equinox stated. “You should go back with the others.

It’s almost daybreak. I’m going to stay and look for Pip.”“Do you hear that?” Gloom asked them, his voice low and his ears twitching. “That sound on the wind”They all waited and listened. One by one they shook their head. Equinox heard nothing. “What is it?”“I dunno It keeps getting louder. You can’t hear it in the party because of the music, but I can hear it just fine here.”Equinox sighed.

“That’s great. Just get back to the barracks. It’s almost daybreak.”The bat ponies nodded and flew off toward the barracks. Equinox turned her attention back to the massive party. She would need to get the other day-pony recruits to help her search if she were going to find him-Pip wandered aimlessly through the trees of the forest. It took a long time to walk back to the barracks without taking a sky chariot. He had taken a longer route, one all the way around the other side of the mountain.

All he wanted was time to think, and the walking gave him all the time he needed.The sun had come up a while ago, just like it always did, day in and day out; no problems, no disaster, no nightmares. The Summer Sun Celebration continued like it did every year. Everypony happy. Everypony celebrating the summer day until nightfallPip sighed and glanced up to the sky. Where were the moon and the stars when he needed them now?

Where was the guiding light he had trusted since he was a foal? He hated doubt.

He hated not knowing what to do. When he had a goal, everything was simple and all a matter of willpower. When he had no goal everything was confusing and blurry. What was he supposed to do now? He thought he had been doing everything right up until a few hours ago.Pegasi flew en masse away from the celebration and Pip wondered what sort of amazing stunt was being performed.

He looked away with a sigh.Everything had been simpler with Luna in his dreams. Those adventures were fun and his purpose so clearThe Wonderbolts flew by overhead, soaring at incredible speeds toward Canterlot. They were fast. Much faster than any earth pony. Pip had never really been too attached to whether or not he had been an earth pony until recently. Everypony kept calling him that, kept reminding him he was less of pony because of it.

No super useful magic, no flight just an earth pony.Sure, he had a special talent but what good was it, really? What good was it if he couldn’t even join the Night Guard? What good was any of it? Why hadn’t the ancient magic that dictated cutie marks given him something useful?Pip looked back up at Canterlot. There were a lot of lights and magic being used now He was sure he was missing out on something breathtaking. The barracks were close and soon he could take a train back to Ponyville.His hooves hurt by the time he made it to the barrack’s door. It was late afternoon and he imagined the bat ponies were sleeping.

With a heavy heart, he walked into the building. Maybe Marble would be sleeping.

Then he wouldn’t have to tell her what had happened.The door creaked open and he slowly trotted inside. She was sound asleep. Pip wandered over to his bunk and began quietly packing his things. He didn’t have much, but he paused when he felt under his mattress.

Pip pulled out the letters he had found in the book of alicorns. He had forgotten that he had quickly shoved those away when Marble had been talking to him.Pip ripped up his letter he had written Luna. He didn’t want to read it again. He threw the pieces to the floor and sighed. If he could, he would burn them. Rocked by depression, Pip leaned onto the bunk and took deep breaths.

Trying to take his mind off everything that was happening, Pip glanced at the other letters.They were inane ramblings. Just letters from one princess to another. He snorted back a laugh. If he had been given these letters a year ago, he would have been more than happy to read them. Now now he could barely muster the energy to care.

Besides, what did it-Pip paused.He stared at the letter he had flippantly flipped to and slowly took it all in. It read:Dear Princess Mi Amore Cadenza,I will definitely try that new cake recipe! I have already given it to my chef in order to prepare. Thank you so much.As for your concerns – I have enclosed a gift to better help you locate the creatures that dwell in the frozen north.

You say they only appear after sundown, which leads me to believe that this Fragment of the First Night will better help you sift through the darkness. There is no need to return it – the object brings back unpleasant memories of a time when my sister wasn’t with me. I hope it helps.Take care, CelestiaBAM!The door slammed open and Pip jumped up, tense and ready to go. It was Scootaloo, hysteria in her eyes. “Pip!” she yelled between deep breaths as she ran into the barracks. “Pip, here you are! We need to get out here!

We need to go!”“What’s going on?” he asked.“The King Basilisks, Pip! They’re here! Hurry we have to go!” Scootaloo rushed over to Marble and shook her awake. “We have to tell the bat ponies!

We have to drag them out of here! The King Basilisks are everywhere! All around the mountain!

Quickly!”Pip felt his chest tighten. The King Basilisks!? In Canterlot!? Something dubious was going on! Luna lying to him, and now this?

“Scootaloo, we have to get our armor on and go help!”Marble slowly sat up in bed and rubbed at her mane. “What’s going on?” she asked.“We can’t fight them!” Scootaloo shouted. “Don’t you remember what Thunder Clash said about them!? They’re crazy! And way scarier in real life than what we read about in the books! If Rumble and I hadn’t been out searching for you, I’m pretty sure we would have been in the heart of the party when they attacked! So many ponies turned to stone!”“We have to try!

It’s what being a part of-” Pip stopped himself. He wasn’t a part of the guard anymore. “It’s what being a good Equestrian citizen would do!”“But, they’re King Basilisks! We haven’t even finished our training!”Marble looked from Pip to Scootaloo and then to Sebastian.

“Whelp, I guess you were right, Sebastian. I guess we do have to do some fighting today.” She jumped off her bunk and began strapping into her armor. Scootaloo stood gaping at her.

Pip took this moment to run over to the bat pony barracks. He slammed open the door and ran in, trying not to let too much light seep in.“Guys!” he yelled.

“Wake up!”Specter and Mist sat up, but Gloom was already awake. “I heard everything,” Gloom informed him. “I’ll let the others know.”“Good,” Pip breathed, turning around. Wait, where is Equinox?

He ran out into his barracks and saw Scootaloo and Rumble were both getting their armor secured into place. “How many King Basilisks are there?”Rumble shook his head. “I saw at least ten!

It’s crazy, Pip! I have no idea why they’re here but but the ponies at the Summer Sun Celebration were caught off-guard! It was insane!”“What about Celestia and Luna? Where are they right now?” Pip asked, pulling his own armor over his body and equipping his claws.“I don’t know,” Rumble admitted.

“I was too busy looking for you when the monsters suddenly began walking up! Just looking them in the eye causes you to turn to stone!”“They’re both missing?” Pip asked, finally getting everything into place.

What was going on?Marble was set and galloped toward the door. “We don’t have time to waste! The Night Guard won’t be able to fight the King Basilisks until nightfall, if night even comes, apparently. We have to do something until they arrive!”Pip nodded, taking off after her.

Scootaloo and Rumble followed closely behind. All four of them began making their way to the main road to Canterlot, but it such a long run up Pip’s hooves were already hurting and they didn’t have time to spare!Marble motioned with her head when they hit the main road. There were statues of ponies, rabbits and birds. Some of the statues were smashed, the stone pieces littering the walkway.“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Rumble asked, his eyes glued to the smashed bits of stone. “We could still turn back!”“What do you think Thunder Clash would say if he heard you talking like that?” Marble asked between breaths.“He would give me some encouraging speech,” Rumble said.

“And then he would follow it up by insulting my mother or something”Pip wished Thunder Clash were here. He would know what to do!On the road ahead was an abandoned sky chariot. Scootaloo suddenly burst forward, passing them all and grabbing the front of the chariot.

Normally it took two pegasi to fly, but Scootaloo grabbed it by herself. You’re all too slow!”Pip, Marble and Rumble jumped onto the chariot and off Scootaloo went. She was running at high speeds, much faster than some pegasi could fly. Pip had to hold on to the sides in order to avoid tumbling out the back.

They raced up the road toward Canterlot, and soon the glorious city was in their sight.Well, the shattered gateway came into sight. And so did one of the King Basilisks. It was gigantic, the size of a small building.

Its scales were dark gray, its eyes, though not looking at them, were bright gold and glowed, even in the light of the day. It had six legs with claws the size of farming scythes and looked like it were part dragon, part iguana. It lumbered about, smashing at the buildings and digging at them in an attempt to ferret out ponies. The statues that littered the area around it were numerousScootaloo screeched to a halt and practically froze. What were they going to do about it? It was massive!Slowly, but very deliberately, the monster began turning toward the group. Pip, knowing that the eyes would spell certain doom, immediately turned to Rumble.

“The wind!” he said, panicked. “Do your thing!”Rumble nodded. He jumped off the chariot and began flapping his wings, causing his powerful windstorm to pick up all around them. Pip kicked up the dirt, much like Specter had during the sparring, and Pip lowered his helmet to try and protect his eyes. There was nothing for the King Basilisk to use as protection, however, and it closed its eyes to shield itself from the stinging dirt.Barely able to see, Pip rushed forward and attempted to attack it.

He slammed into the creature’s leg but was bounced back by the sheer fortitude of the scales. They were like stone, or metal Pip backed away just as the creature attempted to bite him. The King Basilisk had a mouth full of fangs and jagged teeth. Its tongue lashed about like a whip and its nostrils flared with excitement. It could smell him Most importantly, it could smell blood.Pip cut himself on the leg and began galloping away. Rumble maintained the wind, to keep the creature’s eyes shut, and Scootaloo ran toward the building the King Basilisk had been breaking.

“Run!” she screamed between deep breaths. “Run!”The ponies inside the building began fleeing as quickly as possible, keeping their eyes closed as they stampeded through the sandstorm. Marble, however, ran up to the King Basilisk and slammed her war hammer hard onto the small joints of its claws. The creature yelped and turned, lashing its massive tail out to hit her. It slammed against her armor, but the size difference and force sent her flying regardless.Pip turned back and ran along the edge of the mountain; to his left was a sheer drop into the valley below, and to his right was the King Basilisk.

Rumble’s powerful wind almost knocked him off at one point, but the additional weight of the armor finally came in handy.“Pip!” he heard Equinox cry. “Pip!”He turned around and glanced upward.

Equinox was flying above him and suddenly pointed to the sky. Pip could hardly believe what he was seeing. It was Luna and and some horrible, twisted, nightmare version of Princess Celestia.

Her mane was white hot and her eyes were pools of light. They were fighting in the air like only powerful alicorns could. They clashed, and with each blow there was a wave of magic and a pulse of power. But but how could that be? Pip was confused. Everything he had learned recentlyNo. It didn't matter.

All he knew was evil was lurking here and he needed weed it out.“Arg!” Pip groaned as the weight of the King Basilisk slammed into him. He had forgotten he was still bleeding, drawing the beast’s attention. Bracing himself against the ground, Pip tried to stop himself from sliding off the edge of the mountain, but he knew that was impossible. The King Basilisk thrashed and turned its head, trying desperately to grab Pip in its jaws, only adding to the stress of slowly inching toward the drop off the mountain.Pip bashed his armor against the creature, but it was no use. The monster continued forward, blind and oblivious to the fact that it would fall to its death as well. “Scootaloo!” Pip called out, leaning away from the monster’s maw.

“ Scootaloo, ram it!”She turned and kicked her wings into overtime, though it was clear she didn’t have much energy left in her. At top speeds she rammed the King Basilisk, throwing what little weight she had into its forward momentum. Pip let up at the same time and allowed it to charge forward, straight off the edge.Pip went with it, unable to get out of the way in time. The creature grabbed with its sharp claws, attempting to find solid ground, but all it connected with was Pip’s back leg, right along the scar from the Star Spider attack. The pain was sharp, but the sensation of falling was all Pip could focus on.Equinox swooped in just in time, grabbing him by his armor and flapping her wings in order to slow his descent.

Rumble quickly flew down as well, taking Pip back to the ledge. The ground of the forest below trembled with the suddenly impact of the King Basilisk, its insides rupturing against the earth like the contents of a water balloon. It was a very long drop.Regaining his composure, Pip looked at the city. There were more King Basilisks, and up in the sky he could see the Wonderbolts trying to fly ponies out, avoiding the gaze of the King Basilisks at all costs. Then there was the fighting above him Princess Celestia and Luna“What’re we going to do, Pip?” Scootaloo asked, gasping for air after so much running.Pip needed time to think. Fighting through more King Basilisks was suicide, but they needed to help the citizens of Canterlot. I'm awful - I gave in and edited chapters even when I told myself I wouldn't till I was done with my research.

I just want to hurry and post the climax (because everyone loves the climax, wink wink, nudge nudge).Also, funny story - I'm not British and, hence, not very good with the slang. I thought snog was a word for bumpin' puzzle pieces together. Try re-reading Harry Potter with that definition.

You will never read, 'And then Harry Potter walked in on Kreacher snogging a pair of his old master's pants' the same way ever again.

Maw Of The Basilisk Fanfiction Movie

This is another story I've started in the Wizarding World (and again, a cross post from Spacebattles, so no need to read if you've already seen it over there). This one, oddly enough, was the result of a dream.

Don't ask me why I was dreaming about something as strange as this, but the first chapter came out very quickly once I started it. And once I started really thinking about the story, I came up with some rather. Interesting ideas about just what being a Parseltongue really means. It's really that more than anything else that will drive the story going forward. I'm partially through chapter two, but I would probably prioritize Rules to Be Broken (formerly the Mistake) before this one.(The accidental magic in this is a bit of a cop out, but I wasn't quite sure how else to get where I wanted to be with respects to the basilisk.)Archive Link:Chapter OneHarry stared at the silver sword that had fallen into his hand and scrambled to his feet.

He had never used a sword in his life, but he had dim memories of swinging a stick around like a knight when he was a child with Dudley. Before his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia had caught them at it and punished the both of them. Swords being one half of 'Swords and Sorcery', of course, and thus having the chance of corrupting their precious Dudders.In future games of pretend, Harry wouldn't be allowed a sword, but he had nonetheless gotten a lot of practice in dodging. That served him well as Riddle's screams urging the basilisk to leave Fawkes alone and kill him finally got the massive snake turned about and headed in his direction.He managed to evade the first attack entirely, the basilisk being a bit off center, and heard the beast crash into the wall head first. But it was coming straight at him for the second; tempted for a minute to simply stand his ground and let the thing impale itself, he finally dodged to one side, swinging his sword as he remembered doing so long ago.The weapon clanged as it struck the serpent's teeth and the force of the blow nearly wrenched the ruby-crusted pommel from his hands.

When he managed to hold on the attack instead threw him out of the coils of the basilisk entirely, the only noticeable damage a severed fang that fell to the ground moments later.Not waiting for the feeling to come back to his arms, Harry scrambled to his feet and ran forward with an overhand blow from the weapon. The sword, however, hit the scales of the basilisk and simply bounced off with a ringing noise like a bell.This elicited laughter from Riddle, but it only delayed his next command by a few moments. 'You see, he is harmless, kill him! Finish the boy now!'

The basilisk still appeared reluctant to approach Harry, but this did not, unfortunately, prevent it from attacking and a sweep of the thing's tail swept the boy wizard into a wall, leaving him gasping for breath with the sword nearly ten feet away. A forked tongue tested the air once more and the serpent seemed satisfied, diving at Harry abruptly.Time seemed to slow for a moment and Harry's eyes squeezed shut involuntarily. He couldn't watch as the massive maw of the basilisk approached.

He had come so close and now he was going to die with Riddle still alive, Ginny dying, Ron trapped in the other room, Hermione petrified. He had only had two years where he had really lived. He would never have a family of his own. Heck, he had never even kissed a girl!The last struck him as a bit silly for a last thought, but as he felt the impact of the basilisk and prepared for the painful contraction of the jaws it stuck in his mind for some reason.

It was only when he felt something soft press into his lips and a distinct lack of painful, piercing wounds that his eyes popped open though.Sight did little to alleviate his confusion, as the massive, 40 ft long serpent had simply vanished. Instead, a petite girl of about his age was laying on top of him, her mouth locked on his and her tongue making a determined attempt to push through his clenched lips. Slightly forked tongue.Pushing back against the girl's shoulders, he managed to push her away, though she never opened her eyes and made a plaintive hissing sound (that he interpreted as, 'But that was fun,') and promptly followed up by squirming in his grasp and reaching for him again. Taking a closer look, he found that there were a couple other facts that hadn't quite registered. Her hair was a dark green, for instance, and almost as wild as his own, though a fair bit longer.

Her eyes were still closed, despite the fact that they were no longer kissing and it almost looked like she had been crying blood. Oh, and she was completely naked.It was the cute little fang that she displayed on the right side of her mouth as she opened her mouth to complain (and apparently taste the air) that finally convinced him that he was dealing with the basilisk that had just been attacking him though. Mainly because the other, which he had just cut off of the 'king' of serpents moments ago, was also missing on the girl.Luckily, he wasn't the only one to be confused, because Riddle was actually standing slack jawed. Though as Harry focused upon him, he appeared to seize control of himself. 'What have you done to my basilisk, Potter?

How have you done it? You will tell me before you d-'An abrupt caw interrupted the shade of Voldemort and Harry glanced over at a scarlet and gold blur near where he had first attacked the basilisk. Who he was still trying to keep at arms length. Pushing away from her, he staggered to his feet and then swayed, almost falling as dizziness made the room spin. He felt for his glasses and was a bit surprised to find them on his face, as the room blurred and re-focused.He had taken a few hard falls in Quidditch and had never felt like this, but he staggered forward towards what he assumed was Fawkes until a blast of blue light exploded next to him. The force of it threw him forward and he tumbled across the floor until he was only a few feet away from his objective.'

It appears my pet did its duty after all, Harry Potter. You are already dead. I can see the poison coursing through your veins.' Riddle had appeared, a dark shadow against the light of the torches to Harry's vision until it focused again and he could see the cruel smirk on the older boy's face. 'A poisoned kiss.

Elegant and deadly. I am sure I shall find a use for it after I leave this place and your rotting corpses.' Harry looked away from the prefect's face and his eyes fell on Fawkes. And the diary and fang that the phoenix was sitting beside.Forcing a calm expression, he said, 'You won't be leaving this chamber, Tom. You fail at every turn. I've seen it before.

If the adult you couldn't manage to kill me, I'm certainly not going to let this stop me.' Harry lifted himself to his hands and knees, then stared up at Riddle defiantly. The stubborn gesture and insult elicited the same burst of rage as before and he pointed Harry's own wand at him. As soon as his attention was completed focused upon Harry, however, Fawkes burst into a flurry of motion, flying directly at Riddle- and more importantly his wand.Even as the phoenix was grappling for the wooden stick, Harry was scrambling across the floor, fighting the weakness in his limbs just long enough to fall to the ground where Fawkes had started. Grasping the diary, he cast around for the fang, only to have it presented to him a moment later by the girl, or rather the basilisk.Not pausing to question as a bolt of red magic slammed into the ground only a few feet away, he grasped the fang and plunged it into the diary. Riddle and the diary itself screamed, ink spurting out of the book. A small sense of satisfaction passed through him as Harry let the fang and diary drop from fingers he could no longer feel.Blackness began to blot away the concerned expression of the odd girl and a brief flash of scarlet, then the pain and darkness began to recede and he noticed Fawkes above him, pearly tears dripping from the raptor's cheek to fall into his mouth.'

He asked weakly, wondering what was going on. However, he had only a moment to think about this, as Fawkes was batted away with surprising strength and he heard a serpentine hiss that translated into, 'Yay, we won!' Followed promptly by another kiss that he wasn't strong enough to fight.When he woke the second time, the hiss was a more territorial 'Mine!' Click to expand. Click to shrink.Harry Potter as the protagonist of one of those cute loli/fanservice animes that really really wants to be a hentai when it grows up?Nah. Harry's got way to much dexterity for that to work - if narrative causality tries to make him trip and fall into an accidental pervert moment, it wouldn't work and the universe would get more and more frustrated until some girl finally breaks the fourth wall, puts a bodybind on Harry, shoves his face in her chest, goes 'there!

And then is all 'ahem', gets back into character, and puts on a really half-hearted 'Aieeee! I'm so flustered and embarrassed!' Click to expand. Click to shrink.I can not promise a complete lack of jealousy. Two or more dimensions, however, will definitely be present and you may feel free to slap me if I drop below that.That is a good question. I cannot answer because I haven't read the.

(First Google result at least.reads the first couple chapters.) Yes, yes, apparently you should be comparing it to 'Ow! , though it was definitely unintentional.There is a definite chance of this, though no concrete plans. I do enjoy the character a lot though and I'm not expecting to get anywhere near Luna for the foreseeable future in Rules to Be Broken, so this would be a good outlet. Harry Potter as the protagonist of one of those cute loli/fanservice animes that really really wants to be a hentai when it grows up?Nah. Harry's got way to much dexterity for that to work - if narrative causality tries to make him trip and fall into an accidental pervert moment, it wouldn't work and the universe would get more and more frustrated until some girl finally breaks the fourth wall, puts a bodybind on Harry, shoves his face in her chest, goes 'there!

And then is all 'ahem', gets back into character, and puts on a really half-hearted 'Aieeee! I'm so flustered and embarrassed!' First draft of Transfiguration Troubles, chapter two- all of the discussion I've had around it this week got me thinking about the butterflies and I decided to finish this off today. I also have a pretty decent idea of what is going to happen in year three and year four (if not all the details) and I've started thinking about years five and up. Had a great brainstorming session where I was bouncing ideas off of my sister last night that should make the next couple at least a lot of fun.This chapter, incidentally, marks the first major butterfly.Chapter 2:Luckily, Harry wasn't dragged all of the way to the Great Hall by the green-haired girl who was once a basilisk.

In fact, they didn't make it further than the first corner when she ran headlong into the wall and nearly knocked herself unconscious. That reminded Harry that there was another reason that she had probably been holding onto him all of this time and he felt a little guilty about his earlier thoughts.Apparently navigating by scent wasn't exactly a precise art and he suspected it was considerably more accurate when attempted on people and animals than objects and walls. He would have asked Guinevere, but she appeared so dazed that he was beginning to get a bit concerned. She had taken several hard crashes into the walls before his accidental magic as well, but he rather suspected that a massive giant serpent had a harder head than a twelve year old girl.With a little effort he managed to get her to her feet, though she was no longer simply clutching his arm but hanging from it. More gently than he might have a few minutes earlier, he got the two of them turned around and headed away from the stairs leading down to the Great Hall. Of course, as soon as he got half way to the stairs that he usually took to the third floor a glance behind revealed that he could have just waited and they would have been able to take the stairwell Guinevere had been aiming for in her dash.Still, it didn't take too long to get to the Hospital Wing.

Keeping one arm around Guinevere's waist, as her grip had grown tenous enough during the walk over that she had nearly fallen a couple times, Harry pushed open one of the doors and maneuvered his charge through.He was a bit reassured by the fact that she kept reaching behind herself despite her lack of overt protest about the direction they were traveling. Overt being another attempt to outright carry him off anyway, her piteous whimpers about the food rather indicated where she would rather be.His first sight on entering the room was Ginny being fussed over by her mother and Madame Pomfrey.

As soon as she caught a glimpse of Guinevere and Harry though she started pushing them away. This was largely ineffective on her mother, but Madame Pomfrey noted the girl hanging off of Harry and headed over to help. It wasn't long before they were deposited on and next to the bed beside Ginny while the school nurse muttered healing charms at Guinevere.' Dreadful,' Harry heard Pomfrey mutter as scrapes and bruises were mended and the large knot on the transfigured basilisk's head shrank slowly.

Satisfied that the girl would be back to normal in no time, he turned to Ginny to ask her how she was feeling, then paused as something niggled at the back of his mind.As Ron's sister answered, he prodded at the little thought in the back of his head like a 5 year old with a missing tooth. Death beam laser eyes if they were healed. Whirling around he was treated to the sight of an apparently stumped Madame Pomfrey, something he had never thought to see.' What's wrong, Madame Pomfrey?'

He asked, concerned now as he saw the Healing Witch waving her wand around rather more vigorously than he was used to from the staid witch.Glancing up, Pomfrey said, 'While this damage is quite horrible, it should be responding to my spells. The young woman's eyesight wouldn't be restored immediately, but it would repair the membrane of the eye and allow us further treatment. Can you tell me how this occurred, Harry? I'm afraid she hasn't been responding to my questions.' Grimacing, Harry glanced at Guinevere and wondered how to broach the subject without actually coming outright and saying that her eyes shouldn't be fixed. He didn't think that would go over well with Guinevere or Madame Pomfrey. For that matter, he had forgotten to ask Dumbledore and McGonagal whether it was okay for other adults to know about Guinevere being the basilisk at all.'

You shouldn't heal her at all, Madame Pomfrey,' Ginny said with a sniff, her eyes fixed on the basilisk turned girl with more than a little animosity in them.' Ginerva Molly Weasley!' Harry winced and saw Ron's sister do the same as her mother grabbed one ear and hauled her off of the table. Completely ignoring her daughter's cries, she dragged her in front of Guinevere and let go. She's the-' She cut off abruptly as Harry shook his head vigorously behind her mother's back.

Her frustration was palpable as she actually stomped her foot and nearly appeared ready to scream. He wasn't sure he had ever seen Ginny this wound up in the whole time he had known her. She was always so shy he had thought Ron's occasional stories about his bratty sister were made up.'

Ginny glanced at Harry once more, appearing torn and he mouthed 'I will owe you one', though he wasn't sure if she'd actually get it. Finally she shrugged, crossing her arms across her chest and not appearing especially happy with her decision.Sullenly, she finished, 'She's the one who started it, she said that I should be expelled. Plus, Fawkes doesn't like her at all.' She turned and stuck her tongue out at Guinevere. This was apparently the wrong move, as Mrs. Weasley's wand snapped up abruptly and Ginny's tongue stayed that way as she let out an odd little squeak. Horrified eyes returned to Harry and she abruptly brought her hands up to hide her mouth, her cheeks going crimson.'

I have had just about enough of this, young lady.' Molly blew out her cheeks, then she closed her eyes and let her wand drop. Ginny didn't interupt this time, despite presumably having the use of her tongue again. 'I am aware you have had a very trying day and I am making allowances, but regardless of what Guinevere has or has not said or done to you, responding in kind or worse is not appropriate. I didn't raise you like that and you will apologize.' 'Fine,' Ginny said, her eyes down.

'I'm sorry I said that Pomfrey shouldn't heal you.' Leaning forward, Guinevere smiled brightly at the apology and nodded her head. Then she whispered something in Ginny's ear that Harry couldn't hear even from only a few feet away. Harry sighed. He suspected he knew what was about to happen now and it wasn't likely to go well for the youngest Weasley.He wasn't wrong. Ginny actually screamed, reaching for Guinevere with her hands curled into claws as she yelled, 'You're horrible!

I wish Fawkes had done more than scratch out your eyes!' This elicited a gasp from both Pomfrey and Mrs.

Weasley and apparently shocked them enough that Harry himself had to dive forward and pull Ginny off of the transfigured basilisk. He wasn't exactly sure how Ginny had put together that piece of the events down in the chamber, but it was out now and it would lead where it would. For all he knew, Fawkes communicated it to her somehow while the basilisk girl had been kissing him.Guinevere in the meantime had a rather smug look on her face that wasn't earning any points with either of the two older women in the room. He was amazed at how easily she was able to manipulate people after being a person for all of maybe three hours, but she evidently wasn't quite as good as she thought she was if she thought that was anything approaching a good idea.It took another ten minutes, but eventually both girls were separated and moved to opposite sides of the Hospital Wing and told firmly to stay there.

Madame Pomfrey in the mean time badgered Harry into giving out an abbreviated version of the same story he had told to Dumbledore and McGonagal. It elicited a few muttered comments about boys that sounded more than a bit derogatory, but she finally patted him on the back and said she had heard enough.' Well, I'm afraid I know what is going on now at least,' the Healer said, sighing. 'And unfortunately there isn't a blessed thing I can do about it.' 'What is it?' Pomfrey looked over at Guinevere, who was pouting at not being allowed to go over to Harry, and finally said, 'I can't say whether she's a dark creature now, but when she received her wounds she certainly was.

Unfortunately, wounds inflicted by a Phoenix on a creature of darkness will not heal until the Phoenix forgives them.' Perhaps it is just as well. We can't be sure whether her eyes would be safe anyway if she kept her venom, but I hate to let a young girl suffer, particularly after she has been trapped for so very long.' Giving Harry another pat on the back, she said, 'It was a brave thing you did today, Harry.

I may complain about your reckless behavior, but it certainly paid off in that horrible place and I'm glad you were able to rescue both of these young girls.' Her smile quirked upwards a little and Harry gave her a suspicious stare. That looked an awfully lot like Dudley's 'let's make fun of Harry' smile. 'We'll see if you're as glad in a couple weeks.' Glancing back and forth between the two girls in the hall, he grinned a little, though it was somewhat strained.

He wasn't sure exactly what Madame Pomfrey was referring to, but he suspected that Guinevere alone was probably going to be enough to make him question whether getting swallowed whole would have been the preferable fate.Thanking Pomfrey, he walked over to Guinevere first and said, 'I'm going to go talk to Ginny like I promised. Madame Pomfrey said she can't do anything else for you for now, but after that is done, we can go to the feast-' He held up a hand, interupting the protests.

'-and I'm going to ask Ginny to come too.' 'I do not want her there though,' the snake woman whined, pouting in an absolutely adorable manner that took some of the impact out of the angry sibilant words of Parseltongue, 'she will try to command me and then you will get upset. The clutch mother was supposed to take her away after her outburst and eat her because she failed to obey.' Choking on an abrupt laugh, Harry coughed and said, 'You have the weirdest gaps in your knowledge. How can you know about Guinevere and King Arthur and Merlin, but not know what clothes are or how human mothers treat their children?'

He honestly was curious about that, but he suspected that he wouldn't get the answer today. He was proven right as Guinevere simply ignored the question, so he continued with what he had been meaning to say before her weird statement.' Anyway, you had better get used to being nice to people you don't like, because from what Madame Pomfrey said you need to get Fawkes to like you if you ever want to see again.' He tried to sound a little apologetic, but if she was going to be sticking around him she was going to need to get a little more civilized. He also couldn't help digging the knife in a bit further.

'I think Ginny will be a good test run before we put you two face to face.' She wrinkled her nose at this and he sensed she was stalling for time as she asked, 'Should you not be examined by the Pomfrey person as well?' 'Already done,' he said casually.

'I am more healthy than I have ever been in my life. Apparently there's nothing quite like a series of phoenix tears and basilisk venom applications to take care of what ails you. Even my scar's better.' He raised his hand, pushing his bangs out of the way to display a pale white scar where it had previously been red and inflamed for most of his life.' The transfigured basilisk appeared frustrated, glancing over at Ginny resentfully and scowling when the girl glanced over at her mother then stuck her tongue out again when she saw that she wasn't watching.' You have 10 minutes to get used to the idea.

I won't be long.' -While it had been a bit more than ten minutes, he, Ginny, and Guinevere were finally on their way to the feast that Dumbledore had promised. Weasley had made herself scarce, albeit with a knowing little smirk that made her daughter scowl at her with pink cheeks, Ginny had apparently had the same idea as Guinevere and had started by quizzing him on his health. With a number of pointed references to how he had been poisoned.

When he had finally reassured her, she had then demanded an accounting of what had happened after she went down into the chamber.While he had expected tears and recriminations when he talked about some of the events, what he actually got from Ginny was fierce growls and cheers when things didn't go the way of Riddle and even Lockhart. In the end, she got the closest rendition to the truth that he had told yet. However, he still wasn't quite sure how to broach the whole stealing souls thing and thought he could probably pass that on a little later. He did reassure her that he hadn't said anything about her speaking Parseltongue now though, or at least understanding it.In the end, while he hadn't been sure Ginny wouldn't be stuck in the Hospital Wing for the night, Madame Pomfrey had let her go with only a firm admonition that she was to return if she felt any of an entire laundry list of symptoms.Half way to the Great Hall, Harry was wondering if the headache he was getting qualified him to return to the Healer's care. Given her earlier words and the sly smiles she and Mrs. Weasley had been exchanging, he rather thought she'd say this wasn't anything she could do anything about though.' It's such a pleasure to have you here for a time, Miss Giant Icky Reptile Thing.'

The last was in broken Parseltongue, proving that Ginny could in fact still speak it, though it was halting and didn't quite have the fluidity that his own and Guinevere's had. Though that could be because. 'I did get that right, Miss Giant Icky Disgusting Reptile Thing, didn't I?

I wouldn't want to get your name wrong.' Harry sighed. Weasley had apparently laid down the same ultimatum that he had to Guinevere and much like the snake girl, Ginny had taken it only so far as to use a simpering, sweet tone for all of her conversation that was patently false even to his ears. And he had no experience with girls whatsoever, since Hermione barely counted.Guinevere glowered at the red head and then turned to Harry with a huff, seizing his arm and pulling at him beseechingly. 'Master, make the fake heir stop her insults. She knows very well what she is saying and should not be casting aspersions with her spots and weird bloody hair.'

Harry didn't bother to pass on the message, since he suspected that the gasp of outrage that Ginny had let out meant she had heard well enough.He wondered for a moment how Guinevere knew what color Ginny's hair was and that she had freckles, but then he realized she had probably seen it while Tom was possessing her.' You're one to talk with that moldy old green of yours! I bet it feels like it looks- scaly, slimy, and disgusting.' And there went the sweet, lilting cadence to that half of the conversation. Ginny definitely had the quicker temper of these two and Guinevere seemed to have a sixth sense for how to needle her.The basilisk tossed her head and stroked a bit of the hair that came down just below her shoulders. No doubt actually verifying what she was about to say, since he didn't think she'd actually had a reason to touch her hair since she was transformed. Harry could actually confirm that it was not slimy or scaly though, despite almost looking as if it were alive- it had the same type of wild, uncontrollable look to it that his own did.

It looked better on her though, less like she had just gotten out of bed and more like there had only been enough time to run a brush through it a few times but that had been just enough attention to tame it a little.' Perhaps your eyes are bad? You should go back and have the Pomfrey person check them again. The Master has given me very soft hair and will no doubt want to-'Harry held up a hand and stopped walking. Hearing sweet and simpering in Parseltongue was just wrong and he wasn't sure he wanted to hear the rest of that sentence.

He knew he didn't want Ginny to hear it. The younger girl and Guinevere both took a couple steps more before realizing he had halted, though the transfigured basilisk was wrapped tightly enough around his arm that she nearly dragged him with her a bit again.

He extracted himself from her grasp and took a step away as they turned to face him so that the two of them were an equal distance away from him. This would go better if it didn't look like he was favoring one or the other of them. Ok, obviously the whole 'play nice' thing isn't quite working.' Harry thought that was an understatement, but wasn't about to say that they were two steps from breaking into a cat fight that would probably go very poorly for Ginny if there was any biting involved at all. 'So could you two maybe just ignore each other for awhile? Just through dinner at least?' The two of them turned their heads towards each other, one tasting the air and the other staring determinedly.

Finally, Ginny said, 'I can be the bigger woman, Harry.' Guinevere pulled at the fabric of the shirt she had borrowed from Ginny with both hands, gathering up a bit of loose material and flapping it. He wondered if she was hot or something.' What did you say!?' Harry stepped between the two quickly, making soothing gestures. He had no idea why that last comment had even set Ginny off, but it wasn't worth trying to figure it out. It took a little while, but they finally had made their peace with each other, or at least stopped sniping and the trio were able to start moving again.It only took about five more minutes, despite Hogwarts being difficult with the stairs, before they finally stepped into the Great Hall and Harry spotted Ron and Hermione.

Raising his arm to wave, he realized that Guinevere was attached to it again and as he tried to use his other found that Ginny had latched on to that one. Giving it up as a bad job, he just moved towards his friends, trying to ignore some of the stares.When Hermione finally saw him and jumped over to give him an excited hug, he had to smile though. Her excited babbling about how she was sure they would be able to figure it out was soothing after the month or more without the exciteable young witch. In fact, she only stopped when Guinevere let out a displeased hiss, complaining in Parseltongue about even more people competing for her Master's attention.' Umm, Harry, who is this?' Hermione had taken a step back and Ron hurried over as well, now that she had gotten the hopping and screaming out of her system.Too happy now to let the jealous reaction on the part of the basilisk phase him, he said, 'Hermione, this is Guinevere, she was, umm, rescued, at the same time as Ginny.

She doesn't say much yet because of the trauma and stuff and she's a little scared, so she's been sticking close to me.' He gave the snake girl a pointed look as he emphasized the not saying much part of his speech, which got him a sullen stare and a nod. He wasn't sure how much people would buy the scared thing given the glare she had been directing at Hermione, but it was worth a shot.Looking around at the other Gryffindors in the vicinity, he leaned in towards his friend and whispered, 'I'll tell you the real story later.'

This got him a startled glance from Hermione that told him Ron hadn't given her many details yet either, but he then turned to the green haired girl on his arm and said, 'Guinevere, this is Hermione. And actually, while we're at it, you were never really introduced to Ron. The other people nearby are Neville, Parvati, Lavender, Dean, Seamus, and-' He paused at a little blonde girl with slightly protuberant eyes. 'Umm, sorry, I actually don't know who this is.' Ginny let go of his arm and moved forward to hug the girl, who smiled shyly and said, 'I'm very glad to see that you're okay, Ginny.

I was worried when I heard you had been kidnapped.' Ginny appeared a little flustered for some reason, but she got a funny little smile on her face after a minute. 'It's alright now.

Harry actually saved me.' For some reason this made Luna's smile brighten and her eyes widen until she gave a delighted laugh and Ginny glanced over at the boy next to her, then hurriedly said, 'I'm going to. Uhh, go catch up with Luna and tell her what happened.

We haven't talked much this year because of, umm, you know.' With that, she quickly pulled Luna away towards a more isolated corner of the room, leaving Harry more than a little bewildered at the exchange. He glanced over at Ron and found his best friend shaking his head as well.' That was Luna Lovegood,' the redhead explained, 'She lives right nearby and Ginny and her played a lot as kids since they're the same age.' He leaned in and added, 'She's kind of loony. Lives with her Dad all alone and hasn't been quite right since her Mom passed away,' in a conspiriatorial tone.' Hermione's yell was scandalized, though her follow up comment was in a slightly more normal tone of voice.

'That's a horrible thing to say. It may explain why she wasn't wearing any shoes.' Guinevere looked disappointed and asked, 'So this means I cannot do the same? These are very uncomfor-' Harry put a hand over her mouth and winced as she bit it, her expression a bit cross.Hermione stared at the girl again, distracted from berating Ron about his lack of sensitivity. 'I'm certain that was-'Ahh, why don't we go sit down at the table,' Harry interupted, giving his friend a meaningful look and mouthing 'Later'. Huffing, she nodded and they all moved over to the Gryffindor table, sitting down despite the lack of food upon the broad surface.

It would come soon enough Harry knew and he hurriedly assured the basilisk that the food would be there shortly.Satisfied that she was willing to wait and was unlikely to speak again after a few whispered words, Harry turned back to his friends. He spent a good ten minutes chatting with them happily, catching Hermione up on what had happened in the school while she was Petrified and some of the details of the adventure down in the Chamber of Secrets that he didn't think needed to be kept quiet when he heard an ominous 'Yum' behind him in Parseltongue.Turning slowly, he really hoped that the food had just arrived without him noticing, but he was disappointed as he looked at the table. When he completed his turn though, he spotted Guinevere licking her lips and looking around eagerly for more food. Several students across the dark, polished surface of the table were looking slightly green, however, and Harry got a sinking sensation in the pit of his stomach.' Hey, where's Scabbers? I just set him down for a minute.'

Correction, that wasn't a sinking sensation. That was his stomach hitting his boots. He started at Guinevere for a few moments, then buried his head in his arms, hoping beyond hope that this wouldn't end up where he thought it was going.Hermione immediately chimed in while Harry was frozen.

I've told you not to put your rat on the dining hall table before!' 'It's not a big deal, he's clean! It's not like he runs around in his own poop or anything.' Ron sounded indignant. 'He's super smart, even if he is a lazy sack of bones.' Ron looked over towards Harry. 'Hey, back me up, Harry.

When he didn't get a response, Harry caught a glimpse of him shrugging, then he turned towards a few of the people who now looked like they were about to involuntarily make room for more dinner. 'Hey, did any of you see where Scabbers went?' Seamus and Neville hesitantly raised their hands, pointing at Guinevere, and Parvati gulped and turned even paler before getting up and rushing out of the room.Ron looked at Guinevere and Harry raised his head. As the basilisk 'looked' back she licked her lips and his eyes widened abruptly as understanding dawned.

'You cough him up!' Ron tried to dive across Harry and stick his hand down Guinevere's throat, only barely held back by the Boy Who Lived.' Ron,' he hissed as quietly and urgently as he could manage, 'do not stick your hand in her mouth, that is a really, really bad idea.'

Guinevere luckily didn't seem to appreciate the attack and had backed off slightly, her head tilted in confusion over what had caused this. That was at least something. And on the plus side, Ginny wasn't here to make it even worse. 'Look, I'm sorry, but Scabbers is gone, I'll. Get you a new rat, or an owl, or something. She's my responsibility, I'll make it up, promise.'

'How is she your.' Ron's eyes narrowed and he glanced between the transfigured basilisk and his sister across the room. He wasn't fighting Harry as hard now though and he finally settled back into his place with a disgruntled expression.Harry spoke a bit more loudly this time, wanting this part to be overheard. 'Guinevere was stuck down in the Chamber for a long time, she's, uhh, kind of had to do some things we wouldn't consider to survive.' This was true.

She probably would have done them anyway, even if she wasn't trapped in the Chamber, but he thought it best not to mention that. 'She's just, uhh, really looking forward to the feast. She's kind of hungry.' The green haired girl nodded enthusiastically at this, smiling brightly.

He hoped no one noticed just how prominent that fang was- it wasn't quite at movie vampire levels, but it was definitely beyond even Hermione levels when it came to large teeth.Murmurs followed this declaration and he heard a few additional whispers, including a few that appeared to suddenly decide that the one whose 'bones will lie forever in the Chamber of Secrets' wasn't Ginny after all, but this girl. Harry had to admit that she did look more the part at the moment- it was hard to miss that she hadn't opened her eyes the entire time she had been here, even if the blood was gone, and she was rail thin compared to Ginny. And Ginny hadn't been eating all that well before her trip into the Chamber either.Luckily, almost as if it had been timed, the feast suddenly appeared on the table.He decided that was about as lucky a break as he was going to get tonight and urged everyone to dig in even as he did the same for himself and Guinevere. Introducing her to silverware occupied a fair amount of his time, but by the time he had gotten her eating with those rather than simply diving at the meat with her bare hands Ron appeared to have distracted himself with the food.He sighed in relief.

He was no longer looking forward to getting his friends alone to discuss the situation, but he'd weather the night somehow. Tomorrow at least had to be better, right?